There are five players appearing in the final qualifying round of the Betfred.com World Championship who have never played at the Crucible.
They are Adrian Gunnell, Tom Ford, David Morris, Anda Zhang and Mark Joyce.
Two others, Jimmy Michie and Rod Lawler, have not played there since 1996 and either would set a new record for the longest amount of time between first and second appearances were they to qualify.
Three former champions – Steve Davis, Ken Doherty and Graeme Dott – will be action as will twice runner-up Matthew Stevens.
The next three days is where it gets really serious. The difference between winning and losing is the difference between taking part in the greatest snooker show on earth or having to watch it on TV at home.
It will also be vital to the various machinations of the provisional ranking list.
I’ll be blogging from the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, posting updates throughout the three days.
I will also be posting updates on Twitter.
It promises to be a nerve-wracking three days.
9 comments:
Look forward to seeing you there on Monday, going to give tomorrow a miss!
I hear you are going on BBC Scotland, is it possible for us to hear this?
would love to see anda zhang get there right from the first round in his first season too
twitter ye not Dave.
i only use this blog!
;)
It's going to get very nervy over the next 3 days, and as sir Alex once quoted twitchy bum time...
Mark Joyce has really impressed me with his play this week - I had never watched him before- hope he can keep up the standard for the final qualifier
Joe Swail v Doherty has to be the draw of the round for me.
Doherty v Swail draw of the round? yes draw of the round if you're a Doherty supporter, very easy win for Ken and at 8/15 is amazing value!
Thanks for posting updates. Very welcome as world snooker's live scoring once more disappoints, though in a spectacularly hilarious way: looks like they're showing and updating the right scores, though e.g. the Davis v Gunnell match is shown as Higginson v Anda (which was played on Friday). Way to go WS!
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